This morning's Spurgeon Morning and Evening devotional
spoke a great deal to me, and I wanted to share with you! Scripture: Zech 1:8 -
describing the myrtle trees that were in the bottom... Praying
that you, like the myrtle, may flourish in your growth, though perhaps not
seen/acknowledged (yet), and that you are filled with an indwelling of
tranquility and security because you know whose you are and who has already won
the final victory over sin and death and brokenness for you. Praying also for
continued diligence in your work and studies, for his glory!

Tomorrow, we meet in room W2033 in the SPH at 12:15pm - Dr. Anbrasi
Edward (professor in International Health - Health Systems) will give us a talk
titled, A Daniel Appointment with an Elijah Assignment. (Pizza/dessert
may be provided.) Come for a sweet time of fellowship!

You are welcome to join us at any/all of our recurring gatherings:
- Lunch meetings on Wednesdays at 12:15pm in Room W2033 (contact PHCF)
- Small group on Mondays at 7:30pm in the 929 Apartments (contact Esther)
- Writing Accountability Group (i.e. study group) on Fridays at 4pm
(contact Teresa)
Helpful links: PHCF facebook page | PHCF website | map/list of local churches

Our friends at the Johns
Hopkins International Fellowship invite you to join them on their fall hike at
Cunningham Falls, at the peak of leaves-changing-colors! Rides leave from
Homewood, Mount Vernon, Harboreast, and JHMI campus at 12:30pm, and we will eat
dinner before coming back to Baltimore. More details here (registration opens Sept 28).

Our persecuted brothers and
sisters consistently make one major request of American Christians: Pray for
Us! Churches across the United States and around the world will honor their
request this Nov. 5 as they “Remember those in bonds” (Heb. 13:3) on the
International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (IDOP). More
information at VOM's website.

5. Global Missions Health
Conference: Nov 9-11 (Register now!)

Registration is up and running
for this year’s Global Missions Health Conference. Register
HERE and join us in Louisville, KY, on November 9-11 for a time of
learning, growing, and being encouraged/inspired by others in the
healthcare/public health/community development missions field. It's a great
time to remember how we worship the Lord through our work and everyday lives,
too. Friends from the SON and SOM will be joining us, too! Please email Teresa if you are coming,
so that we can arrange for free housing in Louisville and other logistics. Yay!

But rise and stand upon
your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a
servant and witness to the things in which you have seen me and to those in
which I will appear to you, delivering you from your people and from the
Gentiles - to whom I am sending you to open their eyes, so that they may turn
from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may
receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith
in me. (Acts 26:16-18)

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